The Kraine Theater & UNDER St. Marks Present First Annual Queerly Festival

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present the first annual Queerly, a festival seen through lavender-colored glasses, June 25-July 3 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A). We take the everyday experiences, jokes and stories of being Southern, Canadian, a person of color, a sports fan, a misfit, a redhead and view them through the lens of queer identity. A celebration of this diverse, strong, sharing-minded community told through stories, songs, poetry and plays. Tickets ($8-$15) may be purchased in advance at www.horseTRADE.info. More shows and events to be announced.

Lipsynk Karaoke Thursday, June 25 @ 7pm $8 The Kraine (85 East 4th Street) Stanley Epps, a black drag king, will host lipsynch karaoke for 90 minutes. Love gay anthems? Love to lip-sync? Stanley Epps, a king in or out of drag, hosts an evening of Cher, Barbra, Judy, Grace Jones, Clay Aiken and other iconic singers all lip-synced (lip-sunk?) by YOU! Sign-up at 7:00pm, Sync-Up at 7:30!

Queerly Canadian Thursday, June 25 @ 8pm $15 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) Anti-discrimination laws in 1998? Canada. Gay marriage legal in 2005? Canada Anti-discrimination and gay adoption legal for decades? Canada. C'mon America...catch up! Queerly Canadian is an evening of comedy & burlesque with a 'nice' Canadian slant. Hosted by the queen of Canadian pot Jillian Thomas featuring Toronto comedic performer Paul Hutcheson and burlesque performer from the prairies Sharon Nowlan.

Flo-REAL!! Here & Now Thursday, June 25 @ 9pm $15 The Kraine (85 East 4th Street) Legendary Drag Diva Flotilla Debarge takes on life, current events, and Wendy Williams in this cabaret of old & new standards. And P.S. She's not on Facebook, bitches!

Molly "Equality" Dykeman: Queerly Misfits Friday, June 26 @ 8pm $15 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) Foul-mouthed, pill-popping, lady-loving Molly "Equality" Dykeman is back with an all-new pride show. Come celebrate the world of misfits with sketches, music and stand up. Guests include comics Cara Kilduff, Allen Warnock and more. NY icon Michael Musto says "Molly Dykeman is much funnier--and butcher--than Larry the Cable Guy...She's a scream!" Velvet Park raves "get in on this action now, before she's playing the Garden."

Pussé Parlor Saturday, June 27 @ 8pm $15 The Kraine (85 East 4th Street) Pussé Parlor is a new revue that redefines art with burlesque and drag, one parlor at a time! Starring sparkly performers Gemini Rose and Icon Ebony Fierce!

The BTK Band: LGBTK Monday, June 28 @ 8pm $10 The Kraine (85 East 4th Street) The BTK Band will reunite for their yearly LGBTK show in honor of Pride. They got their start way back in 2007 in the upstairs lounge at The Stonewall Inn and this show will continue the madness of NYC's Hardest-Drinking Improvised Storytelling Rock Band. With some of the greatest storytellers and a crew of go-go dancers representing the whole spectrum, The BTK Band will once again don the mantle of BTGay.

With You! Wednesday, July 1 @ 7pm $15 The Kraine (85 East 4th Street) With You! is a queer sports rom-com, about a team's love for the game and each other, all brought to the stage via one woman's body. This is the newest show by award-winning writer/performer Una Aya Osato. A college rugby team struggles to save the only sport and safe space on campus for queer athletes. This show pays homage to a unique and hilarious subculture, college rugby, a sport and place where all people and bodies are welcome.

Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret Wednesday, July 1 @ 9pm $10 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) Marlene Dietrich's top hat, Tim Curry's fishnets: fan-tabulous! And so is the Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret: NYC Pride 2015 Show! On Wednesday, July 1 the monthly Rat goes Rainbow-licious, with an art and entertainment supernova -- glam-punk, opera, brilliant comedy, storytelling -- celebrating Other-ness, nerdiness, sexiness, coming-of-age, coming to grips, coming out, getting better, for everyone: gay, straight and in-between.

Trans Variety Show Thursday, July 2 @ 7pm $15 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) Some of NYC's finest transgender musicians, dancers, comedians, actors, and performance artists share an evening onstage. The evening is curated by trans curators, nearly all of the material is written by trans writers, directed by trans directors, and, of course, performed by trans performers.

Queerly Southern Friday, July 3 @ 8pm $15 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place Tonight we celebrate the Great Gay South, featuring storytelling from David Crabb (author and storyteller), Dandy Darkly, premiering work and new threads from his new show Trigger Happy, and Lucas Womack, a proud Southern queer writer/performer, originally from Sweetwater, Tennessee, the most populous city in Monroe county, population 6000.

FRIGID New York is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group.
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